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The Last Supper
(Renaissance Europe )
Christ and twelve apostles are seated along one side and at the ends of a rectangular table covered with a cloth. Judas is at the extreme right. Set forth on the table are the Paschal Lamb and numerous utensils, and two wine-ewers stand on the tessellated floor. A dog gnaws on a bone in the foreground.
The source was the engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi known to the French cataloguers under the improper name of "Cène aux pieds," because the feet show beneath the table cloth.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Sale, Christie's, London, February 2, 1911, no. 48; George Robinson Harding, London, February 2, 1911, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1912, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
France, Limoges (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 4 3/16 × W: 4 7/8 × D: 9/16 in. (10.6 × 12.4 × 1.5 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1912
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
44.343